Through various characters we know the violation of human rights suffered daily by the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip and the situation of blockade and postwar for which it tries to survive. All this in the face of the complicity of the international community and the impunity of...

Indira, a Cuban actress, succeeded to flee to USA but her emigration inflicted consequences on her family. In Santa Clara (Cuba) she left 11-years-old son Leandro and other members of her numerous family. Settled now in New Jersey, Indira struggles to adapt to cold weather, different mentality and to a completely new social system. Her "American Dream" turns to be an "American Nightmare", while her son Leandro is waiting in Santa Clara for her to settle so he can come and live with her in...

Pemba is a Himalayan Sherpa, however, she has never climbed a mountain; she is a folk singer who fled Nepal years ago due to the civil war in the 1990s, and that now has a new life in Spain. Twenty years later, Pemba decides to return to her hometown, Goli, a tiny village located in the heart of the Himalayas to organize a concert and discover what remains of the paradise where she grew...

The story of the struggle of a small African community against a factory that poisoned their lives with lead, a killer industry operating across Africa in front of the eyes of careless governments and global...

Jacinto, a deer hunter and farmer, faces a terrible pain for the loss of an ill son, as a result of the unfulfilled political promises that are caused by the lack of a health post in his region. One day of hunting, in the middle of a new election season, Jacinto meet is face to face with the person responsible for his...

There’re some pains that aches in your body and no eyes can see...

The story of María José Corrales, a flamenco dancer and teacher who lives in Barbate, Spain, a town affected by unemployment and hashish...

Innocence, sex and lust converge to tell the story of Guille, a teenager who seeks himself through...

Life can be complicated and hard, but the attitude of each one can change...

Documentary film that tries to bring to the public the figure and work of the Spanish poet Luis García...

Raúl, a teenager with cerebral palsy shows his concerns and thoughts through a mime. Among them, David's life, a boy with autism who loves planes and is always carrying with...

In the months before the war in Iraq, Abdel and Umayr, two brothers who are very close, will be forced to separate from each other. Months later, with the war in full swing, they will meet again, but neither of them is the...

While Bollywood films feed the imagination of young people in India, projecting wonderful and passionate love stories, the reality for many of these young people is very different. Their parents will decide their fate with the Sagai: a ceremony, a contract in which they will commit their children to a future spouse that their children probably don’t even know and who they will marry once they reach the age of majority, or even before. Where is the love, beyond the...

Every year in Calpe which is located in the south of Spain some of the streets are closed for the week. The street area changes its normal appearance and becomes a cage. All the residents of Calpe and other towns nearby wait for this event to happen all year round. The bull arrives and hundreds of people end up in the cages. But is it really what makes the celebration of “Bous al carrer” that...

Every year in Spain, some 16,000 Fiestas are organized, during which animals are used. Honoring the Holy Virgin and the Patron Saints, and with the blessing of religious and political authorities, entire towns -including children- are involved in celebrations of unbelievable cruelty. 60,000 animals are hence abused each year during these “Fiestas of...

The documentary explores the issues women face when pregnant, the lack of resources makes that many of them reach birth with no medical monitoring at all along the process. Then at the hospital, those who cannot pay a private doctor, have to bribe the doctors and nurses in order to get a proffesional service. Romania is one of the poorest countries in EU which barely supports pregnant...

St. Agatha’s Eve is a deep-rooted Basque tradition in which people walk from house to house, accompanied by improvised verse-makers (bertsolaris), singing verses to the beating of long sticks. Building on this celebration, bertsolari Maialen Lujanbio composes a stark denunciation of gender violence. In verse after verse, she condemns the different manifestations of sexist violence and our inability to combat it. Based on these couplets, twenty young artists direct a collective-created piece,...

24 hours left for Rawan. She has to decide if she´s leaving her home in Europe to join a war in Syria, if religion is the answer to her loneliness. But in that last day in her hometown, coincidences are going to play an important role that could create doubts on her first...

At 16-years-old, Hassan Beickhorasani fled the oncoming revolution in Iran and ended up in Coleraine. Now his son Fabian, born and brought up in Northern Ireland, returns to see a country, and meet a family, for the first...

Michael Ta’Bon spent 15 years in prison, where he promised himself that one day he would start a movement to prevent young people from repeating his mistakes. Now married and with two kids, his fierce commitment to community activism may ultimately cost him his...

The film is the result of the intersection between a series of interviews with people that live in Harlan today and the voices from the past gathered by Alessandro Portelli. While the places are the same, the themes, though connected, are often in opposition. Today's Harlan is facing the crisis of the ming industry and, as a result, poverty, crime, social isolation, and drugs are on the...

A documentary that approaches polyamory from the intimate point of view of an Afro-American family who decided to live an authentic life without denying the option of diversity in their love and...

Love in Porn is an insider's look into the romantic lifes of those that succeed in the world of adult...

The documentary record of the first edition of the Ketevan World Sacred Music Festival, held in Goa (India) is transformed in these frames into a celebration of what music unites and distinguishes as cultural...

340 million years ago, in the O Courel,something amazing happened: two continental plates collided, Galicia was born. Neglect, large scale mining and the plundering of the forest are devastating this ecosystem. Today this unique natural landscape, which boasts a cultural and geological heritage of international interest is under...

Ex-miner Les Moore cannot let go of the past. The bitter defeat of the Miners’ Strike 30 years ago hangs over his life and the bleak landscape of a village in the North of England. Beneath his feet the mine struggles on but employs only a few local men. Fearful that their struggle will be forgotten, that their voices won’t be heard, Les joins the fight to preserve the legacy of the mine and calls for the chance of a decent life for his sons in a hurt and forgotten...

Think about the metamorphosis is to refer to the idea of process. As if they were butterflies, Laia, Guanyem and the city of Barcelona are transformed during this documentary, changing skin and leaving...

Sexual harassment is a growing problem in Egypt, especially in Cairo. Through a series of interviews and social experiments, The People’s Girls takes a closer look at who is to blame, as well as how women are fighting...

The amazing story of how Benidorm became a major tourist resort thanks to Pedro Zaragoza, the legendary mayor with a Vespa. This unique man was able to create a modern city out of nothing, turn it into a leisure playground for the middle class, and then pitch it from London to Lapland with marketing strategies that still seem incredible even today. Did it all really...

Hava’s brothers decide to divide their paternal property. According to traditional customs, the right to inheritance belongs to male descendants only whereas Hava has no right to inherit. The eldest brother is obligated to find a husband for his sister. Hava must be married and live at her husband’s...

After years of living as an illegal immigrant in France, Ali managed to start a family and fit in the French society. His life is disrupted when two undocumented workers move into the house in front of...

“It was visionary, the awakening of a new era”, says Amha Eshete, the Ethiopian musical producer in the days of Swingin’Addis, the golden age. Recordings made between the 50s and the 80s, the Ethiopian music publications that crossed borders; while the contemporary musical scene of Addis Ababa remains practically unknown to the world. Music in Addis Ababa expresses everyday life and the processes of transformation in the city. This documentary explores this musical vitality as it observes...

More than 50 years of armed conflict among the FARC, the ELN, paramilitary groups and the Colombian government have left behind eight million victims. During this time, thousands of minors have been part of the armed groups. They are also consider victims because their childhood is always going to be linked to a weapon; the jungle was their home and the battalion, their...

Californian farmer Jesus Ramos was born in Mexico City and migrated with his family to the U.S. for a better life. He picked oranges in his youth and worked his way up to owning a 140-acre orange farm. As extreme drought wreaks havoc on the American West, Ramos finds himself on the front lines of a water shortage that threatens the future of his farm, his family and his community. As agricultural communities struggle while big coastal urban centers boom, farmers are cutting their losses and...

Dani Garcia, one of the best chefs in Spain, find himself and his career in a critical juncture. In January 2014, his restaurant closes, he is a chef without restaurant. The Michelin stars and his credibility are at...

Learning is a journey that lasts a lifetime. Falling down and getting back up. We are not all that different even though an ocean lies between us. Sometimes, distances are not measured in...

An inspiring story about Paul, a 12-year-old boy from the township Dunoon in Capetown, South-Africa. Paul has a dream, a dream he thinks about the whole day; he wants to become a surfer. But for boys from Dunoon it's not easy to surf. There is no transport to the beach and there is no money for...

On May the 25th 2014, for the first time in European history citizens were called to vote their representatives in a unified European Campaign. Only 28% of young people did vote, with a surprisingly high result for Euro Skeptical Extreme-Right Parties. Through three stories from England, Italy and Belgium, this film depicts the involvement of youth in the...

From her tiny office overlooking the US Interests Section, Lourdes counsels thousands seeking a travel visa for the US. She fine tunes her customers’ stories, so they have better chances to succeed. After a long wait, Lourdes time has finally come: her interview is set. Her dream to visit her dying mother was never so...

The Brazilian girls' football team is followed as they prepare themselves for the tournament that will change their lives forever, the Street Child World Cup. In the midst of police and drug gangs confrontations the Favela Street Girls strive to keep their dreams...